Funding In Western Africa
Nigerian esports startup, Gamr, lands seed investment for operational expansion
The startup is also increasing the financial opportunities for African gamers and has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money to previous tournament winners. Read more
Funding In Emerging Markets
QNB ALAHLI receives a US$50mn loan from EBRD for SMEs
This will promote the use of high-performance technologies and services in climate-mitigation and climate-adaptation activities and will help with the transition to a greener economy. Read more
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Latest News
South Africa’s P2P Betting Startup, Wayja, Opens With Bank Funding
Initially funded by the founders, Wayja raised a round of funding earlier in the year, aimed at expanding the platform beyond South Africa and building a native app. Read more
Nokia, Safaricom, and UNICEF join forces to connect schools to the internet across Kenya
Both rural and disadvantaged urban settlements have benefitted from the initiative, which also supports digitization and digital literacy and the initiative aims to ‘connect the unconnected. Read more
